Definitions for dysgenic

dysgenic dys·gen·ic

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IPA: /dɪsˈdʒɛn ɪk/

Dysgenic is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 239 anagrams from letters in dysgenic (cdeginsy).

Definitions for dysgenic

adjective

  1. pertaining to or causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.

Origin of dysgenic

First recorded in 1910-15; dys- + -genic

Examples for dysgenic

It is an undesirable trait, but cannot be considered a dysgenic factor.

These are undoubtedly abnormal conditions, and, taken as a general thing, they are dysgenic factors.

Yet this eugenic effect is not without a dysgenic after-effect.

There is no room in the civilized world now for a dysgenic religion.

But a dysgenic factor in an animal is a dysgenic factor, and that is all there is to it.

It is a dysgenic factor but much less important than sadism.

This is not alcoholism, and cannot be considered a dysgenic factor.

The eugenists will therefore pay little attention to criminality in the ancestry as a dysgenic factor.

We have seen that sexual impotence is a dysgenic factor and if complete and incurable should constitute a barrier to marriage.

But in spite of all this, ill-assorted, dysgenic marriages will still be made.

Word Value for dysgenic
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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